On July 2, 2007 six educators from the Houston Independent School District and the Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District met at the Center for Astrophysical and Space Sciences on Bay Area Boulevard in Clear Lake, Texas with the NASA Johnson Space Center Human Research Program Manager and NASA Sports and Education Project Lead. The purpose of the meeting was to develop educational materials related to Sports and Exploration. This group of educators had been previously exposed to subject matter experts in the fields of soccer by the Houston Dynamo and exploration by members of the NASA Johnson Space Center Constellation Office to complete a series of hands-on, inquiry-based, physical science activities for elementary audiences. The eight-hour working session yielded a series of lessons on gravity, and materials analysis related to the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields.
Attendees included Tiffany Coffman, Charlotte Williams, and Beth Banks all of GCCISD; Rosalinda Castillo, Tricia Moncur, Minerva Perez of HISD; and Chuck Lloyd and Lisa Neasbitt of the NASA Human Research Program.
Evaluations and comments from the session included:
1. What was the most appealing aspect of this session?
Opportunity to grow and create.
Working with NASA.
I enjoyed the afternoon when I was finally able to work and get myself together.
I finally got on land.
Working with other teachers.
The cookies. Thanks for the laptop use.
2. Suggest one improvement for this session.
None
Share the two team projects.
3. What was your overall opinion of this session?
Non-stressful environment. Brainstorming collaboration was great!
Great!
Good work! I enjoyed the work session.
Wonderful. Thanks.
Very educational.
Great.
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